My main goal is that I do NOT want to see subtitles unless I specifically enable them. Reasons:1/ Transcoding when not needed loses quality2/ Subtitles are just annoying if all viewers speak the audio's language.

Makes sense, right?

Now.

Option 1:- Definitely disable all subtitles- Use subtitles from the Transcode folder where appropriateProblem: Ps3mediaserver uses bad settings and for some reason the subtitle size is HUGE (like filling 30% of the screen height). Perhaps this is because the mencoded subtitles settings are greyed out when you tick 'disable all subtitles'?

I'm not sure what language you speak (natively) but if you go to audio subtitles language priority (in the mencoder settings) and for me it's en,off;eng,off;jp,on;jpn,on;zh,on; etcetc... But this only works if your video files have properly tagged audio sources (a lot of the torrent downloads DO NOT have properly tagged audio). Also: instead of definitely disabling subs, you can turn them off by default and use the Transcode folder to select them when needed...

English, Dutch natively, and I can handle German but I do prefer subtitles for that. Anyway it's not that important for the general issue )

but if you go to audio subtitles language priority (in the mencoder settings) and for me it's en,off;eng,off;jp,on;jpn,on;zh,on; etcetc...

You've specified a lot explicitly, which is cool but unnecessary I think. For me the rule needs to be "only turn off subtitles if the language is english or dutch" so I've only specified that in rules.

But this only works if your video files have properly tagged audio sources (a lot of the torrent downloads DO NOT have properly tagged audio).

Audio and subtitle streams are all properly tagged.

Also: instead of definitely disabling subs, you can turn them off by default and use the Transcode folder to select them when needed...

It has this meaning: If eng audio, disable subs. If ger audio, disable subs. If jpn audio, use eng subs(if exists). If any other audio, use eng subs.This is the logic.Also when no language tag is defined, you can see audio or subs as "undetermined". it means you need to use UND in priority settings so if UND audio, disable subs. Then it will be something like:

And it still shows them? That's very odd. Do they show up in the transcode folder with the proper names?

(on a sidenote: I had copied what I had in my subtitle settings as I'm having issues with a file that they won't show in, so I was trying things and didn't pay attention when I posted, my bad, but I learned that you can add und to the mix, so tyty)